Canadian Heritage committee  Oh, I'm sorry. That was the industry committee. Sorry. I've been on a lot of committees lately.

Canadian Heritage committee  At the industry committee, the OECD representative said there is no other country like Canada...that is as convergent as Canada in terms of media concentration and media ownership. We're different. We have to be concerned about that.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, absolutely. I was prepared for this. Mr. Henderson went on to say: It's not just artists who benefit. It's independent labels, major labels, songwriters. A lot of people benefit from the levy.... So that's pretty straightforward.

Canadian Heritage committee  Our concern with respect to foreign ownership is that if you cede ownership of Canadian telecommunications, communications generally, broadcasting, we will lose the opportunity to tell our own stories. We're going to be part of the American monoculture, which already sweeps over

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madame Lavallée. What do I think of his testimony? Well, unfortunately, it was misinterpreted by some. I know, having read his testimony, that Mr. Henderson was talking about his concern--and the concern of the music industry and ourselves--that only 5% of music on t

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Rodriguez, a tax is what the government applies. A levy, in this case, is something that the Copyright Board will assess, we hope, based upon presentations made by record labels and others, and determine a fair value for the levy. This levy represents hundreds of millions of

Canadian Heritage committee  Oh, the amount that actually would be levied? Well, the Copyright Board has previously ruled that the levy would be between $2 and $25. Some folks have been advocating or suggesting that it would be up to $75. That's absurd. That's not the case. It would be as low as $2, and up t

Canadian Heritage committee  This is my full-time job, sir, coming to see you. It's a pleasure indeed. Thank you.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Rodriguez. On the way in which we believe we can generate shelf space or generate product for Canadian content online, we'd love to see regulation, but that's not going to be the case. We certainly don't want to get painted with the view that we want to regulate t

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, clearly we're in a global environment; the web is available to everyone around the world. We can't cede our Canadian communication system to other countries, and obviously, principally, the United States, which would be anxious to buy up our telecommunications system and ou

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Tyrone. Good morning. If we're going to keep creating exciting content, we need to make sure that Canadians can find it. We need shelf space. That's why ACTRA appeared before the CRTC last year to argue that digital media was just another way of broadcasting conte

Industry committee  Mr. Masse, I'll show you the face of foreign ownership in this country: the face of a striking worker at Vale Inco. who's been on strike for nine months. That's the face of foreign ownership in this country. That's the result of foreign ownership.

Industry committee  How could that possibly be an improvement? I mean, more competition is better, and we say, of course, that competition should come from Canadian companies. There's enough capital in this country to do that. So more competition is better, not less.

Industry committee  Forget the border communities, Mr. Masse. Everyone's going to be impacted. The far north, east, west, and central will all be impacted by lack of regulation. Just look at the schedules--I need my prop here--of the private broadcasters right now. Has everybody seen this before?

Industry committee  --in fact since the CRTC brought in its disastrous 1999 television policy.